genitivemeans
Genitivemeans is a term used in linguistic description to capture the semantic range of the genitive case and genitive-like constructions across languages. It covers what the genitive marks about noun phrases: primarily possession or close affiliation, but it also encompasses broader relational meanings such as origin, association, composition, part-whole relationships, measure, and, in some languages, means or instrument.
Morphology and syntax of genitivemeans vary by language. It may be realized as a suffix, a clitic,
Semantic functions of genitivemeans are diverse. The core function is possession or strong association. Other functions
Typology and variation are central to genitivemeans research. Some languages maintain a single genitive case that
See also: Genitive case, Possession, Instrumental case, Partitive, Of-phrase.